Archive for June, 2007
New feature coming at you, just to help us order things around here. Sometimes, we get jumbled.
Creative Review recently posted these Y-3 sneakers. Not sure how i feel about the look, but the packaging and all that behind them is pretty amazingly awesome. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Manchester’s Hacienda nightclub, Peter Saville (graphic artists for Factory Records who probably directly or indirectly inspired tons of graphic artists), Ben Kelly (architect behind the Hacienda), and Peter Hook (bassist for New Order and Joy Division) collaborated on this trainer. It comes in a box shaped like the Hacienda with a piece of wood made to look like the dance floor. It comes with tissue paper featuring sketches of the design for the Hacienda, and a DVD of people talking about the club. Only downside : the price tag is wayyy up there and run is limited to 250.
If you don’t know much about Factory Records, Tony Wilson, or the Hacienda I suggest you do some research. And that doesn’t mean renting 24 Hour Party People.
-dan
June 28th, 2007
Well, Philadelphia has fallen again in the latest census of most populated cities. We’re now at number six, and we’re behind Phoenix. Seriously. Now, I’ve been to Phoenix, and it’s nothing to write home about. It’s hot and kind of ugly. But I guess if you’ve got an increasing murder rate, a mayor who won’t do anything to bring new jobs to the city, and a thriving, ever-developing suburbia, then you’re bound to lose some fine citizens.
June 28th, 2007
Last night, as the Phillies drowned in the rain, the water washed up a few pieces of gold along with the usual turds you’ve come to expect from a Phillies game. Big Ryan Howard knocked a 505ft homer to dead center, the longest in Citizen’s Bank Park history. This dinger was also Ryan’s 100th home run. He’s also reached 100 faster than anybody ever in the Majors. So put those nuggets in your pocket, flush the turds, and hope the Phillies toilet doesn’t clog again like it’s been also season.
June 28th, 2007
The light that never goes out, did, in fact, go out. Morrissey has canceled two shows, including his Philadelphia performance. The culprit: a throat infection (insert your own joke here.) Fret not, Moz-lovers, the clumsy and shy one will be back at some point to woo you with his open shirt.
June 28th, 2007
shaun
1.worst comes to worst -dialated peoples
2.ten crack commandments - biggie
3. how we roll - big pun
4. ebonics - big L
5. poppin them thangs - 50 cent
jerm
- Timberland - one and only
- Madina Lake - now or never
- The sleeping - king of hearts
- Silent Drive - 4/16
- CRS ( chicago runs shit ) U.S PLACERS
slk
- Fabolous ft NEYO – make me better
- Aloe Blacc – arrive
- Linval Thompson – dread are the controller
- Timberland – Bombay ( featuring Amar & Jim Beanz )
- James Brown – The Boss
gnarly
- justin timberlake -summer love
- lil mama - Lip Gloss
- the killers - read my mind
- gwen stefani/akon - sweet escape
- peter, bjorn and john - Young Folk
June 27th, 2007
Thanks to Hide Your Arms for finding this new tee from True Love & False Idols. First it was I heart ny, then go heart your own city, then Not NY and now this…
June 27th, 2007
June 27th, 2007
OK people its the summer movie review time. We will begin our cinematic adventure with the newest edition to my vastly growing library of movies . . .
LiVE FREE OR DiE HARD
Bruce Willis youre my hero! John McClain has done it all, he has taken out German theorists in an L.A. office building (Die Hard), blew up a plane in N.Y. to incinerate mercenaries (Die Hard 2) and has played riddle games all over N.Y. city to stop a vengeful brother to the villain that was killed in the first installment of the die hard series (Die Hard with a Vengeance.)
Well he manages to do it again in the new chapter of the Die Hard series in Live Free or Die Hard. The movie doesn’t give you much time to get your popcorn or soda before it starts blowing shit up. Oh, and dont tell Bruce Willis that hes 52yrs young because he does an amazing job and is able to maintain the same aura as he did in the previous 3 movies. Full of action, comedic one-liners and one of the best summer movies Ive seen to date.
KNOCkED UP
The summer comedy of 2007! In this movie you are introduced to a character named Ben who is played by Seth Rogan (40 year old virgin). Ben is a fun loving partier and in a drunken hook-up he and Alison (Katherine Heigl) soon find out that she is pregnant. Although the two have virtually nothing in common, they try their best, for the baby to make things work. The movie is hilarious and is probably the funniest of the summer.
June 27th, 2007
As the Summer of Narwhales rages on with the pointed horn of glory sticking out of it’s nose, it was only a matter of time before something started to smell a little fishy.
It seems there’s a new publication dropping in the city of Philly that bears a striking resemblance to our little biz in more ways than one. First off, the name is of this publication (i will not type it for you, you have to guess. it’s like a game. i brushed it out in the picture with a nice salmon color) is strikingly close to ours. It really bothered us at first, almost to the point where we thought we had fallen asleep on the toilet and pooped out a whole new magazine other than our own. Next, after perusing their website, a few other elements popped out as very “coincidentally” similar to stuff we’ve previously done. First, their little launch party involved an ice cream truck–one that looks very much like the one used in Living Proof’s “Scooped” shoot. Next, a few other pieces of their website had already been posted on our blog. Case in point: the Beanie Sigel video we posted nearly a month ago. We’re really flattered and honored that this new publication is walking in the same footsteps we left a year ago. Thanks for retracing our steps and reminding us of the great work we’ve done in the past.
Continuing on our little nautical theme, we leave you with a quote from the great American novelist and recounter of astonishing tales of the sea, Herman Melville. (he also inspired the Summer of Narwhales because I had read that chapter of Moby Dick on the train that morning)
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.“
June 25th, 2007
A while back, we posted this blog about the Hundreds and their gun t-shirt. Now, it seems that a few more have emerged. I guess the allover gun print from last season/year has been replaced by just a large image of a single gun with some graphic embellishments.
Japanese brand Revolver and Stacks and Bundles recently rolled out these t-shirts.
But, now that we’re in the Summer of Narwhales (see below) brands should think about putting harpoons on t-shirts. That’d be sick. Sidenote: I remember reading recently that scientists found an over 100 year old harpoon head in a recently deceased whale. Crazy, right?
June 21st, 2007
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